Visibility of inverted domain structures using the second harmonic generation microscope: Comparison of interference and non-interference cases

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 888-894

  Kaneshiro, Junichi ^a   Uesu, Yoshiaki ^a   Fukui, Tatsuo ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oxide Co ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; VISIBILITY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

DARK-LINES; DOMAIN BOUNDARY; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPES; NON INTERFERENCE; PERIODICALLY POLED; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SECOND HARMONICS; SH WAVE; SHG INTENSITY; THREE-WAVE COUPLING; WAVE NUMBERS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 77955693340     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000888     Document Type: Article

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